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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 9 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7

Game played on Sunday, August 8, 1948 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 0 1  0 0 5  0 0 0  2  -   9 13  1
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 1  0 2 2  0 1 0  0  -   7 12  2

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Joe Burt Scott lf                     4   1   1    0     2         3   0
Willie Wells Jr. ss                   3   0   1    0     0         1   1
  Willie Wells Sr. ph, 3b             3   1   1    2     0   1     0   2
Cowan Hyde rf                         6   3   1    1     0         0   0
Bob Boyd 1b                           5   1   3    1     1         6   0
Neil Robinson cf                      5   1   3    4     1         2   0
Casey Jones c                         5   0   0    0     0        10   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      3   1   1    0     2         4   0
Orlando Varona 3b, ss                 4   0   2    0     1         4   4
Verdell Mathis p                      3   1   0    1     1         0   3
  Felix Evans p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               42   9  13    9     8  13    30  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Orlando Varona. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willie Wells Sr.. 
3B:  Bob Boyd. 
HR:  Neil Robinson. 
SH:  Casey Jones. 
Team LOB:  12

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Bob Boyd, Orlando Varona. 
CS:  Orlando Varona. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Baker ss                         5   1   1    0     0   1     2   4
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   1    0     0         1   4
Hank Thompson rf                      4   0   2    1     1         0   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   3   2    2     1         1   0
Elston Howard lf                      5   1   1    1     0         0   0
Tom Cooper 1b                         4   0   2    2     1        10   0
Curtis Roberts 2b                     5   0   0    1     0         2   1
Earl Taborn c                         4   0   1    0     1   1    13   2
Jim LaMarque p                        3   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Gene Collins p                      1   1   1    0     0         1   2
  Gene Richardson p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Johnie Scott ph                     1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               41   7  12    7     4   9    30  14

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tom Cooper 2. 

BATTING -
3B:  Gene Baker. 
HR:  Willard Brown. 
SH:  Gene Baker. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Elston Howard. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Verdell Mathis                       7      10   6    5   4   6   1  35
Felix Evans W                        3       2   1    1   0   3   0  11
Totals                               10     12   7    6   4   9   1  46

BK:  Verdell Mathis. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim LaMarque                         5.1    10   7    6   3   8   0  30
Gene Collins                         2.2     2   0    0   3   3   0  13
Gene Richardson L                    2       1   2    2   2   2   1  8
Totals                               10     13   9    8   8  13   1  51

WP:  Gene Collins. 


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Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B -  , 3B - Bullet Rogan

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 6100

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/8/1948, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. J.Scott             lf        G.Baker             ss        
2. W.Wells Jr.         ss        H.Souell            3b        
3. C.Hyde              rf        H.Thompson          rf        
4. B.Boyd              1b        W.Brown             cf        
5. N.Robinson          cf        E.Howard            lf        
6. C.Jones             c         T.Cooper            1b        
7. J.Cowan             2b        C.Roberts           2b        
8. O.Varona            3b        E.Taborn            c         
9. V.Mathis            p         J.LaMarque          p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. singled;
C.Hyde forced W.Wells Jr. (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to first];
B.Boyd singled [C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson singled [C.Hyde
scored, B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled;
H.Thompson singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown
play; E.Howard singled [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson to third];
E.Howard stole second; T.Cooper walked; C.Roberts out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Cowan walked; O.Varona singled [J.Cowan to
third]; O.Varona stole second; V.Mathis out on unknown play;
J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn singled; J.LaMarque singled [E.Taborn to
second]; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown
play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde reached on an error by T.Cooper [C.Hyde to
first]; B.Boyd tripled [C.Hyde scored (unearned)]; N.Robinson
out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan
walked; J.Cowan was picked off first, but was safe on an error
by T.Cooper [J.Cowan to second]; O.Varona out on unknown play; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown walked; V.Mathis balked [W.Brown to
second]; E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled [W.Brown
scored]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked
[T.Cooper to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 4TH: V.Mathis out on unknown play; J.Scott walked;
W.Wells Jr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson was picked off first
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown singled; E.Howard reached on an error by
O.Varona [W.Brown to second, E.Howard to first]; T.Cooper
singled [W.Brown scored, E.Howard to third]; C.Roberts out on
unknown play [E.Howard scored (unearned)]; E.Taborn out on
unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan singled; O.Varona singled [J.Cowan to
third]; V.Mathis forced O.Varona (unknown fielder) [J.Cowan
scored, V.Mathis to first]; J.Scott singled [V.Mathis to
second]; W.WELLS SR. BATTED FOR W.WELLS JR.; W.Wells Sr. doubled
[V.Mathis scored, J.Scott scored]; C.Hyde singled [W.Wells Sr.
scored]; G.COLLINS REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); B.Boyd
singled [C.Hyde to second]; N.Robinson singled [C.Hyde scored,
B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on
unknown play; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.WELLS SR. STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); O.VARONA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); G.Baker tripled; H.Souell out on
unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown homered
[G.Baker scored]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 7TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; V.Mathis walked;
G.Collins threw a wild pitch [V.Mathis to second]; J.Scott
walked; W.Wells Sr. out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on
unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 8TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; N.Robinson walked;
C.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to
second]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 7, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 8TH: F.EVANS REPLACED V.MATHIS (PITCHING); G.Collins
singled to left field; G.Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [G.Collins to second]; H.Souell popped to O.Varona;
H.Thompson singled to center field [G.Collins scored]; W.Brown
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs
7.

RED SOX 9TH: G.RICHARDSON REPLACED G.COLLINS (PITCHING);
O.Varona walked; O.Varona was caught stealing second (unknown
fielder); F.Evans out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 9TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Monarchs 7.

RED SOX 10TH: W.Wells Sr. struck out; C.Hyde grounded out
(G.Richardson to T.Cooper); B.Boyd walked; B.Boyd stole second;
N.Robinson homered to leftfield [B.Boyd scored]; C.Jones out on
unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 10TH: E.Taborn struck out; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR
G.RICHARDSON; J.Scott struck out; G.Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 9, Monarchs 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          9  13   1  12
 Monarchs         7  12   2   9


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